Newspaper-vending machine.



PATENTED JUNE 2, 1908.

c. E. MARE'.

NEWSPAPER VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 23, 1907.I

,l wif/zases oHARLEsn. MARR, or Los'ANeELEs, CALIFORNIA. i

NEWSPAPER-VENDING MACHINE.-

Y Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented `.T une 2, 1908.

Application mea my 2s, i907. sel-m No. 385,216. g

To` all whom it may comerm' ,Be it known that I, CHARLES H. MARR, a citizen of the Dominion of Canada, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles 'and State of California, have invented a new and useful Newspaper-Vending Machine, ofI which the following is a specification.4

This invention relates to coin controlled A vending machines. and particularly to one adapted for vending newspapers, magazines or t e like, and the objects of the invention are to provide a device of the character de-` scribed which is of extremely sim le construction, effective in operation an of economicalv manufacture. The"4 accom anying drawingsv illustrate one form of the invention, and referring therere '1 is a front elevation of the-'machine With'the front wall removed, and illustrates three different positions of the arts. Fig. 2 is across section on line :L2-x l, and shows the parts in normal position with a coin inserted to make the' machine .ready for vendinga paper. Fi 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, -showing t e operating lever depressed and the carrier in its lowest position.

The device com rises a box having a back lWall 1, a'front welll) 2 and side Walls 3, which box is divided into three compartments 4, 5, and 6 by partitions 7. Each compartment is adapted to hold a sup ly of newspapers or magazines, and severa compartments are g pendently o the others, andthe three mechprovided so that different newspapers may e vended from one machine.V Each compartment is equipped with its individual.

vending ap aratus which is operableindeanisms are identical. It is obvious that more or .less paper holding compartments and associated mechanisms may be' employed to increase apparatus.

VA top 8 is hinged tothe back wall 1 and may be locked at 9 to the front wall 2. The top 8 is provided with three delivery slots 10 for the respective ycompartments' 4, 5` and 6, each slot 1() having a beveled wall, as shown,

.or diminish the capacity of the vto prevent 'the ed e of the paper from catching while-'being t rust through theslot. A bottom door 11 is hinged 'at 12 tothe back 1 and forms a coin receiver 13,A 'JThe bottom 11 may be locked at 14 to theifront wall `2 and is adapted to swing down'wcrd, vvwhen first opening the hinged to 8.

although when t unlocked,A to prevent the removal o f the coins. A 'false bottom or shelf 15 is provided 'which is attached to-the vbackwall 1 to prevent thecoins from collecting in the wedge sha ed corner between the bottom '11 'and' the ack 1. Each of the compartments 4, 5

and 6 is adaptedto receive a pack of a ers 16, and the compartments may be lil e by The papers 16 rest with their'lower e ges upon a horizontalshelf 17, and the apers or magazines are preferably so folde and arranged that their smooth folded edges or their backs are presented toward the front wall 2. Each pack of a ers lyis pressed against a partition wal 7 y -apair of flat springs 18, which springs hold the papers smoothly in pack form and cause the'pack to progress to the left-as papers are withdrawn from the pack; The lower springs 18 are preferablystronger than the upper springs 18 to overcome the sliding friction between the bottom edges cfV the packs and the shelf 17 A rectangular shaped p rier 19 is slidable vertical y along each wall 7, each carrier 19 being mounted with its end edges in grooves 20 formed in the back wall 1 Each carrier 19 has-a hori-z and front wall 2.

late forming Aa carzontal flange or ledge 21 which is cut away at i A pair of presser arms 23 are pivoted at 24 and 25 respectively and their free ends bear upon the uplper surface ofthe ledge 21', e carrier 19 is in its normal elevated position, as shown in Fig. 2, the plresser arms throu hout` their `length `bear atly against the le ge 21. A pair of helical the right hand face of each carrier l9'isprovided with. an abutment 28.

Pivoted at -24 is an operating lever 29, the

end of which pro'ects through a slot 30 in the front wall 2, an each operating lever 29 is rovided with a coin abutment 31 which is Formed with a curved extension for-minar a y springs 26 areprovlded to yieldirigly hold. t ositlon, the

As shown clearly r` shutter 3 2 concentric with the ivotal point 24, the shutter '32 being adapte to close the end of-a coin chute 33 whenthe operating lever 29 is depressed, and thus prevent the admission of a coin to the mechanism until the lever 29 raises to normal position. The upper end of the coin chute 33 is arranged wlth its mouth 34 at the front wall 2. rThe operating lever 29 is held yieldingly in an elevated position by a spring 35, which springs serve to raise the operating-lever 29 after it has been de ressed. `The springs 26 serve to automatic ly elevate the carrier 19 after it has been delpressed, but to provide a positive means for e evating the carrier 19, in case the springs fail toy act, a'slotted link 36 is provided, the upper. end of which is pivoted to the operating lever 29, and its llower is slotted and engages a stud 37 on the led e 21. I f the springs 26 should fail to act, t e carrier 19 may be raised to elevated position by pushing up on the operating lever 29 which will act through the link 36 to draw up the carrier 19. The slotted portion of the link 36 makes it impossible to fraudulently o erate the machine by pressing down upon the operating lever 29 when there is no coin in place, as in such case if 'the operating lever is pressed down the link 36 slides down idly along the stud 37 withoutvmoving down the carrier 19. f'

the com chute the coin 3`8being allowed to pass out of the lower end of coin chute 33 by reason of the coin abutment 31 standing above the lower end of the chute in the position shown in Fig. 2. Theyo eratin leverl 29 lies in a plane at one side o the com chute, and when the coin 38 is in the position shown in Fig. '2, the coin f abutment 3 1 which extends laterally from the operatin' lever 29, lies directly over the upper e ge of the coin, and the lower edge of the com abutment 31 is preferably curved to form a seat for the coin. The operatin lever'29 is then depressed by the hand an the curved seat of the coin abutment V31 presses u `on the upper edge ofthe coin, and through t e medium of the coin swings down the presser armsv23, and the', latter as they swing down act uponthe ledge 2 1 and depress, the carrier 19. As soon as the arts are fully depressed and in the position s own in Fig. 3, the ends of the presser arms 23 have spread apart sufciently to ermit the coin 38 to pass between them, w ich it does and drops into the coin receptacle 73. When the parts are in this position, the shutter 32 prevents another coin, which might have been l. placed *in the coin ch'ufe, from entering' the l down,`the`1ower edges of the ack of papers mechanism -untlthe parts have been re stored. When the carrier 19 is thus moved 16-a.re shifted slight y by the ower spring `18 toward the left, so-that the extreme left hand paper, which lies against the wall 7, is directly `next paper shghtly,

lpresser arms and under the coin and a link with .its upper end pivoted to the aving its lowerJ end above the upper edge ofthe carrier 19. The

springs 26 then react`and elevate the carrier u vand the paper maythen be withdrawn by As the carrier 19 hand through the slot 10.1.

the abutment 28 raises the thus moves up as shown in compartment 6 Fig. 1, and as soon as the vended paper has been withdrawn through the slot 10, the springs 18 push thel pack to 'the left the thickness of one paper, so that the' paper which has been slightly lifted lies againstthe wall 7. The object of lifting one. pa er slightly by the -abutment 28 is to insure tlliat the upper edge of the carrier 19 will engage one paper only, for example, in compartment 5, Fig. 1, it will be seen that the paper to-be vended is elevated slightly and that its lower edge is thus separated cent aper.

W at I claim is 1. In a paper vendi compartment, a carriernidable along a wall' thereof and having a ledge, a air of pivoted presser arms bearing on lthe le ge, an'operatlng lever having a coin abutment,V and a coin 'l chute for conducting a' coin to the top of the In operation, a coin 38 is inserted through 33 and rolls down until it rests upon the presser arms 23, as shown in Fig. 2,.

presser arms andunder the coin abutment.

2. In a paper vending machine, a paper compartment, a-carrier slidable along a wall thereof and having a ledge, a air of pivoted presser arms bearing on the le ge, an operatlng lever having a eoin abutment, a coin chute for conducting a coin to the top ofthe presser arms and underthe coin abutment,

machine, a 4paper and a gate on the operating lever curved concentric withthe pivot thereof for closing the discharge end of t'he chutewhen the operating lever is depressed.

3.'In a paper vending compartment, a carrier s thereof and having a led e, a air of pivoted presser arms bearing on t e le ge, an operating lever having a coin abutment, and a coin chute for conducting a coin to the top of the machine, a paper presser arms and under the coin abutment, said ledge being cut away at a central point to allow the coin to drop therethrough when the ends of the presser arms have swung apart sufficiently. f

4. In a paper vendi machine, a paper compartment, -a carrier s thereof and havingV a led e, a pair of pivoted presser arms bearing on t e ledge, an operatlng lever having a coin abutment, a ycom chute for conducting a coin to the top of the abutment,

o erating lever wd s otted and engaging a stud on the earner.

5. In apaper vendin machine, a paper idable along a wall vidable along a wall l compartment, a carrier s idable along a wall ,thereofand having a ledge, a pair of pivoted 889,384 i 8 Presser athis bearhg on the Iedge,ln operatmy hand at Ls ngeles, California, 8th lng l'ewfren haYing a `coin abutrllent, a Coin day of July 1907. 1 chugte 91j. conducting, a'coin to t e topof the \'presse1":arms and un'der the `coin abutment, CHARLES H' MARR' 5 and springs for elvatillg the carrier and op- In presence of erati lever. GEORGE -T. HACKLEY, K timo'nywherebf, I have hereunto set FRANK L. A. GRAHAM. y 

